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Dictionary: com·fort·a·ble   (kŭm'fər-tə-bəl, kŭmf'tə-bəl, kŭmf'tər-) pronunciation
 
adj.
  1. Providing physical comfort: a comfortable chair.
  2. Free from stress or anxiety; at ease: not comfortable about the interview.
  3. Producing feelings of ease or security: a comfortable person; a comfortable evening at home.
  4. Sufficient to provide financial security: comfortable earnings.
comfortableness com'fort·a·ble·ness n.
comfortably com'fort·a·bly adv.

SYNONYMS  comfortable, cozy, snug, restful. These adjectives mean affording ease of mind or body. Comfortable implies the absence of sources of pain or distress: wears comfortable clothes. The word may also suggest peace of mind: felt comfortable with the decision. Cozy suggests homey and reassuring ease: sat in a cozy nook near the fire. Snug brings to mind the image of a warm, secure, compact shelter: children snug in their beds. Restful suggests a quiet conducive to tranquillity: spent a restful hour reading.


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adjective

  1. Affording pleasurable ease: cozy, easeful, easy, snug. Informal comfy, soft. See good/bad.
  2. Being what is needed without being in excess: adequate, competent, decent, enough, satisfactory, sufficient. See excess/insufficiency/enough.
  3. Enjoying steady good fortune or financial security: easy, prosperous, well-heeled, well-off, well-to-do. Informal well-fixed. Idioms: comfortably off, in clover, on easy street. See rich/poor, thrive/fail/exist.

 
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adj

Definition: affluent, wealthy
Antonyms: destitute, hopeless, needy, pitiable, poor, uncomfortable, wretched

adj

Definition: good feeling
Antonyms: discontented, hopeless, miserable, neglected, uncomfortable, unhappy, upset


 
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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Feeling at ease.

pronunciation Please make yourself comfortable.

 
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - bekvem, veltilpas, tryg, velhavende, pæn, god
n. - uldent halstørklæde, duntæppe

Nederlands (Dutch)
comfortabel, gemakkelijk, welgesteld, ruim (b.v. marge), warm dekbed

Français (French)
adj. - confortable, aisé, sécurisant, satisfaisant, commode, agréable, doux
n. - confort, aise, bien-être, réconfort

Deutsch (German)
adj. - komfortabel, bequem, angenehm
n. - (USA) Deckbett

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - βολικός, άνετος, ευκατάστατος

Italiano (Italian)
comodo, confortevole, gradevole

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - confortável

Русский (Russian)
удобный, комфортабельный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - confortable, cómodo, agradable
n. - confortante, mitón, bufanda, colcha, cobertor

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - bekväm, som har det bra

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
舒服的, 轻松的, 盖被

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 舒服的, 輕鬆的
n. - 蓋被

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 편안한, 수입이 충분한
n. - 목도리, 이불

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 快適な, 気楽な, くつろいだ, 十分な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مرتاح, مستريح, مريح, ميسور الحال‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮נוח, אמיד‬
n. - ‮חצאית חמה (ניב אמריקאי)‬


 
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